Bumper rocket reaches high altitude
Date as reported
A two-stage Bumper rocket reached approximately 393 kilometers in a high-altitude test.
- Category
- Launches and Flight Tests
- Type
- Suborbital launch
- Subjects
- Space transportation
- Organization
- United States
- Participants
- United States
- Human involvement
- Uncrewed
- Outcome
- Successful
Sources and attribution
- NASA Goddard — Historical astronomy timeline (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.